Washington Capitals vs. St. Louis BluesNov 17, 2022

Final / SOThursday, Nov 17, 2022· Enterprise Center

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Washington CapitalsWSH

4

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St. Louis BluesSTL

5

Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
WSH	0	2	2	0	0	4		WSH	9	18	22	2	51
STL	3	1	0	0	1	5		STL	7	9	3	5	24

: WSH 86STL 45
: WSH 5.44STL 3.46
PP goals: WSH 0STL 1
Hits: WSH 17STL 14
Blocks: WSH 10STL 16
PIM: WSH 8STL 8
: WSH 35%STL 65%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

St. Louis Blues edge Washington Capitals 5–4 (SO)

St. Louis Blues beat Washington Capitals 5–4 in a shootout at home. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Thomas Greiss (STL) faced 51 shots and stopped 47 (.922), +21 against a season average of 29.8; the win.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 9 shots in 21:28.Ovechkin
Points
John Carlson had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 27:46.Carlson
Points
Dylan Strome had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:28.Strome
Points
Vladimir Tarasenko had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:32.Tarasenko
Goalie
Thomas Greiss (STL) faced 51 shots and stopped 47 (.922), +21 against a season average of 29.8; the win.Greiss
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Tarasenko, Krug, Buchnevich, Kyrou and Thomas) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:06 together.Tarasenko Krug Buchnevich Kyrou Thomas
New line
New look for WSH: Johansson–Dowd–Hathaway skated 9:42 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (82.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansson Dowd Hathaway
New line
New look for WSH: Sheary–Milano–Strome skated 4:21 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sheary Milano Strome

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← WSH attacks left (bottom on phones)STL attacks right (top on phones) →

STL
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 131 of 131 attempts · STL 45 · WSH 86

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

STL pressure
WSH pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: WSH 44% of the game, STL 16%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

STL

WSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	WSH	STL
	78	32
	3.95	1.88
	3.71	1.84
	20	7
	5	4
	12	11
	−0.156	+0.156
	44%	16%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Washington Capitals

L1Johansson – Dowd – Hathaway
9:4282% CF
L2Eller – Mantha – McMichael
6:5829% CF
L3Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Protas
6:2685% CF
L4Sheary – Milano – Strome
4:2167% CF
D1Carlson – Gustafsson
15:4575% CF
D2Jensen – Fehérváry
14:3370% CF
D3Irwin – van Riemsdyk
9:1157% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Johansson – Kuznetsov – Strome
2:0283% CF
PP2Eller – Carlson – Mantha – Sheary – Milano
1:42100% CF
PK1FDowd – Hathaway
1:50
PK2FEller – Sheary
0:49
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
1:59
PK2DCarlson – Fehérváry
0:34

Current WSH line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1O'Reilly – Leivo – Saad
11:5550% CF
L2Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas
9:4927% CF
L3Schenn – Barbashev – Kyrou
9:3929% CF
L4Pitlick – Acciari – Alexandrov
7:5021% CF
D1Leddy – Mikkola
16:0324% CF
D2Faulk – Krug
13:5534% CF
D3Rosen – Tucker
12:2233% CF

PP1Tarasenko – Krug – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
3:06100% CF
PP2O'Reilly – Leddy – Faulk – Leivo – Saad
0:22
PK1FBuchnevich – Acciari
1:31
PK2FSaad – Thomas
0:26
PK1DLeddy – Rosen
1:43
PK2DFaulk – Mikkola
1:34

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:56
STLBrayden Schenn (Jordan Kyrou, Ivan Barbashev)wrist0.09 xG
WSH: Carlson, Gustafsson, Sheary, Milano, StromeSTL: Schenn, Leddy, Barbashev, Mikkola, Kyrou
WSH 0 – 1 STL
7:10
STLPavel Buchnevich (Vladimir Tarasenko, Nick Leddy)wrap-around0.17 xG
WSH: Carlson, Kuznetsov, Gustafsson, Milano, ProtasSTL: Faulk, Tarasenko, Krug, Buchnevich, Thomas
WSH 0 – 2 STL
11:49
STLTorey KrugPP (Robert Thomas, Vladimir Tarasenko)slap0.06 xG
WSH: Jensen, Dowd, van Riemsdyk, HathawaySTL: Tarasenko, Krug, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas
WSH 0 – 3 STL

2nd period

15:12
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Dylan Strome)wrist0.19 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Gustafsson, Sheary, StromeSTL: Leddy, Tarasenko, Buchnevich, Mikkola, Thomas
WSH 1 – 3 STL
17:36
WSHJohn CarlsonSH (Nic Dowd, Nick Jensen)wrist0.02 xG
WSH: Carlson, Jensen, Dowd, ShearySTL: Schenn, Faulk, Saad, Kyrou, Thomas
WSH 2 – 3 STL
18:02
STLRyan O'Reilly (Josh Leivo, Justin Faulk)backhand0.14 xG
WSH: Eller, Dowd, van Riemsdyk, Hathaway, FehérvárySTL: O'Reilly, Leddy, Faulk, Leivo, Saad
WSH 2 – 4 STL

3rd period

15:45
WSHJohn Carlson (Dylan Strome, Alex Ovechkin)slap0.08 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Johansson, Kuznetsov, Sheary, StromeSTL: Faulk, Buchnevich, Mikkola, Thomas
WSH 3 – 4 STL
16:57
WSHConor Sheary (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Alex Ovechkin)wrist0.13 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Gustafsson, ShearySTL: Faulk, Leivo, Saad, Krug, Thomas
WSH 4 – 4 STL

Decided in the shootout: WSH 4 – 5 STL.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Marcus Johansson L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	1	0	0	17:10	—	—	83	96
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.45	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	76	79
Garnet Hathaway R	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.45	4	1	0	13:08	—	—	82	87
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	0	1	2	17:55	—	—	46	52
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	0	1	0	17:10	—	—	48	54
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	8:01	—	—	33	30
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	1	2	3	+2	9	1.26	0	0	2	21:28	—	—	82	79
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	1	1	0	6	0.56	0	0	0	19:58	—	—	82	65
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	1	0	0	15:10	—	—	80	65
Conor Sheary L	L4	1	0	1	+2	1	0.36	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	71	65
Dylan Strome C	L4	0	2	2	0	1	0.20	0	0	2	13:28	—	—	80	76
Sonny Milano L	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.37	0	0	0	13:21	—	—	69	57
John Carlson D	D1	2	0	2	+1	5	0.47	1	3	0	27:46	—	—	75	57
Erik Gustafsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	7	0.17	1	0	2	22:31	—	—	77	60
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.00	5	1	0	21:59	—	—	68	72
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	2	1	0	21:14	—	—	71	75
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:42	—	—	63	77
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	1	0	10:15	—	—	61	82

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	O	24	20	4	.833	3.46	63:47

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.28	0	0	4	20:25	—	—	33	25
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	2	2	16:15	—	—	36	33
Josh Leivo L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.11	0	1	0	14:16	—	—	40	33
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	1.14	0	0	0	21:33	—	—	27	40
Robert Thomas C	L2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.15	0	0	2	19:10	—	—	25	33
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	2	2	0	1	0.23	0	1	0	17:32	—	—	19	28
Jordan Kyrou R	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.58	0	0	0	17:06	—	—	27	25
Brayden Schenn C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.47	0	0	0	15:09	—	—	37	41
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:54	—	—	39	43
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	1	0	12:42	—	—	17	15
Tyler Pitlick C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:55	—	—	25	15
Nikita Alexandrov C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	9:42	—	—	25	13
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	3	0	21:24	—	—	23	44
Niko Mikkola D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	20:36	—	—	24	45
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	0	2	0	26:19	—	—	33	31
Torey Krug D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.13	0	2	0	20:14	—	—	35	25
Calle Rosen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	19:24	—	—	35	21
Tyler Tucker D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	13:01	—	—	32	10

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thomas Greiss(start)	W	51	47	4	.922	5.44	64:56

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.